AbstractAnywhere

Read linked paper's abstract right on webpage

AbstractAnywhere - Read linked paper's abstract on the webpage

AbstractAnywhere is a Chrome extension that simplifies the reading experience for research articles by previewing linked paper's abstracts directly on the webpage. It works seamlessly on blogs, websites, and popular platforms like Distill, Medium, Arxiv-Vanity, and MadeWithML.
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Extension stats

Manifest V2
Users: 23
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Rating: 5.00
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Version: 0.3.0 (Last updated: 2020-07-07)
Creation date: 2020-07-07
Permissions:
  • activeTab
Size: 76.85K
URLs: Website
Full description: See detailed description

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Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

User reviews

This is a very useful extension to quickly browse through research papers on the Google Scholar page. Here some suggestions for improving it further: 1) Allow auto-fetch of abstracts without clicking 2) Google scholar might show pdf links from different source than arXiv, and in that case abstracts cannot be fetched. It would be helpful for the extension to automatically explore the link "All n versions" and check whether an arXiv version of the same paper exists. If an arXiv copy exists, then its abstract should be shown, even if the pdf link belongs to a different source. 3) Support abstract preview for other websites (for example Physical Review) on Google Scholar page. 4) Support LaTeX preview of formulas for title and abstract.
by Sourav Kundu, 2022-01-31
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